Notes on a trip to watch water

12:48 AM,
Oct. 6, 2013

Written by

Mark Kinsler

? Sept. 23: Niagara Falls is six hours northeast of Lancaster, and we would have seen more of this natural wonder today had our own natural wonder, Antonio the Cat, not chosen to hide from us during the final cat count. After an hour of fruitless search, during which we resolved to improve our housekeeping, we left matters to Tami, our cat sitter.

As we waited at the Canadian border she called in: On her arrival, Antonio had promptly shimmered out of the ectoplasm to beg for treats.

But we were just in time to watch the great colored searchlights switch on to illuminate the Falls, done every night ...